How do I move a selected area?

I cannot imagine a more newbie-ish question, but I must be missing something rather basic.

I have a simple jpeg image (no layers). I simply want to select an area of that image and drag it elsewhere in the image.

In Microsoft Paint, I simply define the area with a rectangular or freeform selection tool, and drag it with the mouse.

In Photoshop Elements, I seem to be able to drag the dotted line selection outline (defined via the lasso or move tool), but the image itself that was lassoed stays put.

If I use the move tool, I can distort the image by dragging an edge of the selection outline, but I have not figured out how to drag the entire selection at once. If I drag from within the selected area, only the selection outline moves, not the selected portion of the image. What am I missing?

- David D.

David
I don't think you will be getting an answer here in Outlook Express. Practically all you see here is exported from an Adobe forum. Go to the site below it will lead you to it.
Ben

http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html

"David D." wrote in message

I cannot imagine a more newbie-ish question, but I must be missing

something

rather basic.

I have a simple jpeg image (no layers). I simply want to select an area

of

that image and drag it elsewhere in the image.

In Microsoft Paint, I simply define the area with a rectangular or

freeform

selection tool, and drag it with the mouse.

In Photoshop Elements, I seem to be able to drag the dotted line selection outline (defined via the lasso or move tool), but the image itself that

was

lassoed stays put.

If I use the move tool, I can distort the image by dragging an edge of the selection outline, but I have not figured out how to drag the entire selection at once. If I drag from within the selected area, only the selection outline moves, not the selected portion of the image. What am

I

missing?

- David D.